"is the very elaborate stone vaulted porch of the abbot's hall, built around 1500, which survives in the midst of a wooded lawn, with a Grade II* listed, early 16th century barn lying to its north. A Grade I listed, 14th-century tithe barn, converted to a house in the late 18th century, lies to its east. Cerne Abbey Cerne Abbey was a Benedictine monastery founded in 987 in the town now called Cerne Abbas, Dorset, by Æthelmær the Stout. The abbey was founded in 987 by Æthelmær the Stout. Ælfric of Eynsham, the most prolific writer in Old English, was"
"of the Cerne Abbas Giant, a chalk figure of a giant naked man on a hillside. The village of Cerne Abbas grew up around the great Benedictine abbey, Cerne Abbey, which was founded there in AD 987 (Abbas is Medieval Latin for ""abbot""). The Domesday survey of 1087 recorded cultivated land for twenty ploughs, with 26 villeins and thirty two bordars. For more than 500 years, the abbey dominated the area. The abbey was surrendered to Henry VIII in 1539 with the Dissolution of the Monasteries and was largely destroyed; a portion of the Abbot's Porch and Abbey guesthouse remain."
"east window which probably came from the abbey. The best known attraction is the Cerne Abbas Giant, a 55-metre (180 ft) naked figure carved into the chalk hillside. The giant, owned by the National Trust, is thought by many to be an Iron Age fertility symbol but, as it is unlikely that the monks of Cerne Abbey would have tolerated such a figure, and with no records before the 17th century, this cannot be confirmed. Many scholars now think that it was created in the mid-17th century, although there is evidence of Iron Age settlement on the downs nearby. Each"
"gigantotomy due to the name of the figure referring to the horse. The Cerne Abbas Giant, also referred to as the ""Rude Man"" or the ""Rude Giant"", is a hill figure of a giant naked man high, wide figure is carved into the side of a steep hill, and is best viewed from the opposite side of the valley or from the air. The carving is formed by a trench wide, and about the same depth, which has been cut through grass and earth into the underlying chalk. In his right hand the giant holds a knobbled club in length."
"area, including a detailed 1617 land survey, refer to the giant, suggesting that it might not have been there at the time. In contrast, the Uffington White Horse has been shown to be 3,000 years old, and there are references to it across the ages. The earliest known written reference to the giant is a 4 November 1694 entry in the Churchwardens' Accounts from St Mary's Church in Cerne Abbas, which reads ""for repairing ye Giant, 3 shillings"". In 1734, The Bishop of Bristol noted and inquired about the giant during a Canonical visitation to Cerne Abbas. The bishop's account,"
"set of motorbike leathers inspired by the Cerne Abbas Giant. In 1994, girls from Roedean School painted an replica of the Giant on their playing field, the day before sports day. In 2003, pranksters created their own version of the Giant on a hill in English Bicknor, but ""wearing wellies, an ear of corn hanging from its mouth and a tankard of ale in its hand"". In 2005, the makers of Lynx deodorant created a advert on a field near Gatwick, featuring a copy of the Giant wearing underpants, frolicking with two scantily-clad women. In 2006, artist Peter John Hardwick"
"rebuilt after a fire in the 1750s was formerly the main gateway to the abbey. When rebuilt, the central window of the former gateway projection was given an unusual Gothic Venetian window. Cerne Abbas attracts many tourists, who are drawn by the Cerne river, streets lined with historic stone houses, the Abbey, the Giant, and various events including a classical music festival. The church of St Mary is of 13th-century origin but was largely rebuilt in the 15th and early 16th centuries and partly reconstructed in the 17th century. Features of interest include the 17th century pulpit and the great"
"Archaeological and Natural History Society noted the consensus of members that the giant was ""of very great antiquity"". Modern histories of the Cerne Giant have been published by Bettey 1981, Legg 1990, and Darvill et al. 1999. There are three main theories concerning the age of the Giant, and whom he might represent: A Saxon origin was also suggested by early antiquarians, who associated the figure with a Saxon god whose name contained some variant of the element ""Hel-"". This god is attested in several medieval and early modern texts, and was associated with the Cerne Abbas Giant by an"
"Adams County, Ohio Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,550. Its county seat is West Union. The county is named after John Adams, the second President of the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of , of which is land and (0.4%) is water. It includes many parks and preserves, including one of Ohio's greatest archeological wonders, the Serpent Mound at the Serpent Mound State Memorial in Locust Grove. Serpent Mound lends its name to the Serpent Mound crater, the"
"Ballynahatty, County Down Ballynahatty () is a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the southern edge of Belfast. It contains the Giants Ring, a henge monument, consisting of a circular enclosure, 200m in diameter, surrounded with a 4m high earthwork bank with five entrances, and a small neolithic passage grave slightly off-centre. The Giant's Ring is a State Care Historic Monument at grid ref: J3272 6770. The remains of a woman who was part of a Neolithic farming community were discovered buried in the henge in 1855. Now known as Ballynahatty woman, her genome was sequenced in"
"produced a painting ""The Two Dancers with the Cerne Abbas Giant, with Apologies to Picasso"" that is on display at Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In 2009, the Giant was given a red nose, to publicize the BBC's Comic Relief charity event. In 2011, English animators The Brothers McLeod produced a 15-second cartoon giving their take on what the Giant does when no one is watching. In 2015, the giant was used as a character in an online comic book published by Eco Comics; the giant's character appeared in various adventures accompanying a character based on St George, though his"
"June, the Cerne Abbas Open Gardens can attract over a thousand visitors. Other events include horticultural shows, the annual village fete, the Cerne Abbas Music Festival, and the Wessex Morris Men often perform in the village on Bank Holidays . The four-day music festival began in 1990 and hosts classical artists of world renown. In John Le Carre's A Murder of Quality, the murder occurs in ""Carne Abbas"" in ""Dorsett"". The Buildings of England by John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner. Page 134. Published by Penguin Books 1972. Reprint 1975. (For Abbey Farm House). Cerne Abbas Cerne Abbas is a village"
"headquarters is in Fort Duchesne. Much of the rest of the county is land owned by the Ashley National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management. There is relatively little private land in the county. Discovery of significant dinosaur and other pre-historic remains on the eastern edge of the county caused nationwide interest, which culminated in establishment of Dinosaur National Monument. In addition to the large Visitor Center at the Monument's Jensen site, a Museum of Natural History, showcasing some of the area's finds, was established in Vernal by the State of Utah. Located just outside Vernal, the Vernal-Regional Airport"
"Cerne Abbas Giant, the Uffington White Horse, the Long Man of Wilmington, as well as the ""lost"" carvings at Cambridge, Oxford and Plymouth Hoe. From the 18th century onwards, many further ones were added. Many figures long thought to be ancient have been found to be relatively recent when subjected to modern archaeological scrutiny, at least in their current form. Only the Uffington White Horse appears to retain a prehistoric shape, while the Cerne Abbas Giant may be prehistoric, Romano-British, or Early Modern. Nevertheless, these figures, and their possible lost companions, have been iconic in the English people's conception of"
"Allen basin - and are estimated to contain 9.4 trillion cubic metres of natural gas, equivalent to 1.5 billion barrels of oil (approximately $115 billion at 2018 prices). The county has three prominent upland areas, the expansive West Fermanagh Scarplands to the southwest of Lough Erne, which rise to some 350m, the Sliabh Beagh hills to the east on the Monaghan border, and the Breifne mountain range along Fermanagh's southern border, which contain Cuilcagh, the county's highest point, at 665m. The Menapii are the only known Celtic tribe specifically named on Ptolemy’s 150 AD map of Ireland, where they located"
"the Appalachian Highway. https://web.archive.org/web/20160715023447/http://www.ohiotownships.org/township-websites Adams County, Ohio Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,550. Its county seat is West Union. The county is named after John Adams, the second President of the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of , of which is land and (0.4%) is water. It includes many parks and preserves, including one of Ohio's greatest archeological wonders, the Serpent Mound at the Serpent Mound State Memorial in Locust Grove. Serpent Mound lends its name to the"
"Giant Cask The Giant Cask or Giant Barrel (, locally just ""Fass"" or, in the local Palatine dialect, the ""Därgemer Fass""), is a tourist attraction in the Palatine spa and district town of Bad Dürkheim in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The wine barrel has a diameter of 13.5 metres, a volume of about 1,700,000 litres or 1,700 m³ and is thus the largest cask in the world. However, it is not used for the storage of wine, but houses a restaurant. The Giant Cask on ""St.-Michaels-Allee 1"" is northeast of the old town in the water meadows of the Isenach"
"age 65 or over. Ceres Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania Ceres Township is a township in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,003 people, 381 households, and 286 families residing in the township. The population density was 24.6 people per square mile (9.5/km). There were 475 housing units at an average density of 11.7/sq mi (4.5/km). The racial makeup of the township was 98.40% White, 0.60% Native American, and 1.00% from two or more races."
"Gill was once cut on this same hill and that he was considered an adversary of the Long Man of Wilmington not far away. According to one story, the giant on Firle Beacon threw his hammer at the Wilmington giant and killed him, and that the figure on the hillside marks the place where his body fell. As a publicity stunt for the opening of ""The Simpsons Movie"" on 16 July 2007, a giant Homer Simpson brandishing a doughnut was outlined in water-based biodegradable paint to the left of the Cerne Abbas Giant. This act angered local neopagans, who pledged"
"the 15th longest cave in the United States. Hubbard's Cave, the largest gray bat hibernaculum in Tennessee, with over 100,000 bats, is located in the county. The cave is owned by the Nature Conservancy and it is securely gated to protect the bats which are an Endangered Species. Falcon Rest, an 1896 Victorian mansion in McMinnville, built by local manufacturer Clay Faulkner, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is open to the public as a historic house museum. Warren County, Tennessee Warren County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of"
"is based on the 2010 census of Centre County. † ""county seat"" Centre County, Pennsylvania Centre County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 153,990. Its county seat is Bellefonte. Centre County comprises the State College, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The lands of the future Centre County were first recorded by James Potter in 1764. Potter, having reached the top of Nittany Mountain, and ""...seeing the prairies and noble forest beneath him, cried out to his attendant, 'By heavens, Thompson, I have discovered an empire!'"" After the American Revolutionary War,"
"2015 and reveals a woman with black hair and brown eyes typical of those with Mediterranean heritage. This implies that Ballynahatty woman was part of a group of early European farmers that migrated across Europe in the Neolithic period, originating in the Middle East. Ballynahatty is also a townland, in the parish of Drumragh, County Tyrone. Ballynahatty, County Down Ballynahatty () is a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the southern edge of Belfast. It contains the Giants Ring, a henge monument, consisting of a circular enclosure, 200m in diameter, surrounded with a 4m high earthwork bank"
"Ceres Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania Ceres Township is a township in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,003 people, 381 households, and 286 families residing in the township. The population density was 24.6 people per square mile (9.5/km). There were 475 housing units at an average density of 11.7/sq mi (4.5/km). The racial makeup of the township was 98.40% White, 0.60% Native American, and 1.00% from two or more races. There were 381 households,"
"designated State Route 488 as a Nevada Scenic Byway on March 27, 2000, simultaneously with SR 487 and a nearby portion of U.S. Routes 6 and 50. Nevada State Route 488 State Route 488 (SR 488) is an east–west state highway in White Pine County, Nevada. The route covers Lehman Caves Road connecting the town of Baker to Great Basin National Park. The route existed as State Route 74 prior to 1976. SR 488 has been designated a Nevada Scenic Byway. SR 488 begins at a cattle guard on Lehman Caves Road, east of the Lehman Caves Visitor Center and"
"Tennessee. Big Bone Cave was named for the discovery of a giant ground sloth skeleton in 1811 during the mining of cave dirt to be processed for saltpeter. A post office called Bone Cave was established in 1866, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1977. Bone Cave, Tennessee Bone Cave (also Big Bone Cave or Bonecave) is an unincorporated community in Van Buren County, Tennessee, United States. It lies just off U.S. Route 70S northwest of Spencer and southeast of Rock Island. Its elevation is 965 feet (294 m), and it is located at (35.7750675, -85.5849782). The"
"Giant Mine The Giant Mine was a gold mine located on the Ingraham Trail, north of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Giant Mine is within the Kam Group, which is part of the Yellowknife greenstone belt. Gold was discovered on the property and mineral claims staked in 1935 by Johnny Baker, but the true extent of the gold deposits was not known until 1944, when a massive gold-bearing shear zone was uncovered beneath the drift-filled Baker Creek Valley. The discovery led to a massive post-war staking boom in Yellowknife. Giant Mine entered production in 1948 and ceased operations in 2004. It produced"
"their past. The creation of hill figures has been practised since prehistory and can include human and animal forms. Cutting of horses is common, as well as more abstract symbols and, in the modern era, advertising brands. The reasons for the creation for the figures are varied and obscure. The Uffington Horse probably held political significance, since the figure dominates the valley below. It probably dates to the British Iron Age since coins have been found exhibiting the symbol. The Cerne Abbas Giant might have been a work of political satire. Wiltshire is a county with a large number of"
"Giant's Causeway The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, and a national nature reserve in 1987 by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. In a 2005 poll of ""Radio Times"" readers, the Giant's Causeway was named as the fourth greatest natural wonder in the United Kingdom. The tops of the"
"of the year in the ""Bütt""; the barrel itself is only accessible to guests during the Wurstmarkt and for large groups by prior arrangement. Giant Cask The Giant Cask or Giant Barrel (, locally just ""Fass"" or, in the local Palatine dialect, the ""Därgemer Fass""), is a tourist attraction in the Palatine spa and district town of Bad Dürkheim in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The wine barrel has a diameter of 13.5 metres, a volume of about 1,700,000 litres or 1,700 m³ and is thus the largest cask in the world. However, it is not used for the storage of"
"a Global Geopark in 2004. In September 2008 the Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark was expanded into County Cavan, making it the world's first transnational cross-border Geopark. The Geopark is protected and managed by Fermanagh District Council through the staff of the Marble Arch Caves Visitor Centre. Cuilcagh Cuilcagh () is a mountain on the border between County Fermanagh (in Northern Ireland) and County Cavan (in the Republic of Ireland). With a height of it is the highest point in the Breifne Mountains, as well as in both counties Cavan and Fermanagh. It is also the 170th highest peak on"
"Brecon road. The Giant is formed from a combination of the natural topography of the mountain and, in the case of the Giant's face, alterations to this topography from disused limestone quarries. The Giant's nose is surmounted by a trig point. According to Douglas Adams' 1983 humorous toponymic dictionary of neologisms ""The Meaning of Liff"", to Abercrave is ""To strongly desire to swing from the pole on the rear footplate of a bus"". Abercraf Abercraf () is a village within the historic boundaries of the county of Brecknockshire, Wales, administered as part of the unitary authority of Powys. Abercraf lies"
"County one of the most cave-dense regions in the world. Blue Spring Cave, located five miles northeast of Sparta, is the longest mapped cave in Tennessee and the tenth longest cave in the United States, with of passages. The footprints of extinct Pleistocene (Ice Age) jaguars were discovered in the cave in 1990 by Bill Walter. As of the census of 2000, there were 23,102 people, 9,229 households, and 6,774 families residing in the county. The population density was 61 people per square mile (24/km²). There were 10,191 housing units at an average density of 27 per square mile (10/km²)."
"Bone Cave, Tennessee Bone Cave (also Big Bone Cave or Bonecave) is an unincorporated community in Van Buren County, Tennessee, United States. It lies just off U.S. Route 70S northwest of Spencer and southeast of Rock Island. Its elevation is 965 feet (294 m), and it is located at (35.7750675, -85.5849782). The Rocky River passes through the community. The various forms of its names led the Board on Geographic Names to decide on the official form of the community's name in 1895. The community is named for nearby Big Bone Cave, one of the most famous and historic caves in"